Two suspended Buffalo, New York, police officers pleaded not guilty Saturday to assaulting a 75-year-old man during a protest against racism and police brutal
The officers, who were with the Police Department’s Emergency Response Team, are scheduled to appear in court again July 20.
Video from a demonstration Thursday shows two officers pushing Martin Gugino back. He falls to the sidewalk, where his head bleeds. The officers and others then walk by him, some looking down at him as they pass.
Gugino was hospitalized with a head injury.
The officers turned themselves in Saturday morning, Erie County District Attorney John Flynn said in a news conference after the arraignment.
